Reinforced-concrete tie.



C. G. VANDBWATER.

RBINFORCED CONCRETE TIE.

APPLICATION rxLnn rnn.a.1a11.

1,082,054. Patent-,ea 1290.23, 1913.

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i, num-neg tenu-.freinet s county, State "-of .{ndiana,{huye-'invented1aj new and'ifsefiil 'Im rovementfin Reinforced-f 1 prayf that a atent begranted `there oryof. a s cication: =g-;-;. 10 crete ties-'and to'meansaforuse iniconneci tion.- therewith whereby- `rails 'may :be,seeure'ly r attached t'o' the tie,'one of theobjectsfofthe'inventionbeingto'provide a atie and fastener which is. formed in'butthree f separate' parts, 'here'being. a' rsii fastening element integralwith-the .tie s nd,` another rail -fasteningfelement -whicliisshi'ftable relative to the tie,'. this 19st mentioned Osie. 2o mentbeiii f heldinxposition-bygthe-:weight his inventionrelates 'tofreinfoi'cedconi of the-rai engagin' zthefsame, and-bythe wails ofa'recesslwit in the tie within whichv -sa'id 4fastener is 'removablyseated.

With the foregoing land other objects i' 25 viewwhich-willeappear; as!the description -1 roceed's. the invention Iresides in the cofn`inationl andarriingement of parts and in' the details -of I`constructioniiereinafter described andlclaimed it benigunderstood' that. changesin-the preciseembodimentof the invention'lierein disclosed, can bemadeout departing.

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InIthe accom aitying dnewin the preferred form o# t e invention has nshown. Insaid drawingsz-J-Iigure 1 is n plan view of a portion ofte tiehaving the present improvements combined therewithra |4t) portion of arail being shown in position u on the tie. Fig. 2 is a view partly inside e evati`on and partly in sectionthron h a portion ofa tie andshowing the rail t' iereon ih'sctien and secured to the. tiet Fi 3 is asection on line 8-8 Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of theremovable lool:-

ingbloc eferring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designatesthe 'concrete body of to the tie, the same-bein o'f an Adeeiredproportions and pret'erab yprovi ed with lon itudinally disposedreinforcing rods 2 wheh ma be anchoredzin the tie n an?l manner desred.- The top of the tie body s formed u with 'a transverse channel4-extcnding throughout ,the 'width withnthe scope of. what is`claimedwith-` .f the tie;- besiyii the l.

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'substantiailyequal to the width of the base off'therailr 'whchpisseated in this channel. One'; sidefjof the channel has an oreihangin gretainingrgwiill ada ted Atolap one .eide *oftliebase iiangeof t erail 5so as to thus hold-the 7 is'formed longitudinallywithin'theltopjoffthe'tie bodyr l'nnd intersects the-bottom of thechannel 4. That portion of the' recess 'l under the channel 4 is adapt-'.ed tobebridged by. a wear plate 8 the ends 'of which a're downtiirnedas shown at t), so 'n s to fit snugly against'the sides' of thc tie'body1.

f The means employed foraiocking the rail within the recess-or channel 4consists of a block 1'0 of thel-snme'widtii as the tie body an'dfwhichis adapted tobear snugly upon saidgbodynndftocxtend over the recess 7.

,Oriel endiof'tliis zblockis so shaped as to tit snugly againstlthe.weli,.head and adja- -cet baseiiange .of the rail tS.l A tongi e 11extends`dowiiwardlyfrom the block .10 and beyond therailiengaging end..of the b oeln' lthisfton e being so proportioned as ti .lic within tierecess 7 with r.ita-upper edge in contact :with thewear plato'S. It willhe nptedtliat, the llower corner'of tongue; 1l directly under block 10is-cut away, as at y12, Iso as-th iisto facilitate the insertion of .thetongpsinto' recess 't' when the tongue is tilted priorto placing therail in or remorin it rom position in channel 4.

' t is to he nndeistoodthat hloelc 10 can be of any preferred material,either o'. metal or eoncrete,the block when formed of "concrete, beingprovided with metallic reinforcing devices 18 eii'i'b'e'dded"theren.Furthermore the tongue 1l extending from the head.' can also he formedof reinforced couerete or can bo made ot metal extending from a concreteblock i0.

- -When it is desired to plaee n rail in position upon the tie, the wearplate S is plaeed m the channel tand one edge poi-tion ot' the hase .ofrail tl is inserted under the overhangin `wall 0. 'lhe rail. au well asthe near p ato 8. is heldtilted while the toiurue 11 ofthe holdinghloel:is inserted into the recess 7. 1 After this tongue. has heen properlyinserted, the ruil il can he tilted buck lo its proper position in thechannel l. thus forcingthe ton ue 1l downwnrdly-into reess- T and bloc:10 onto the top ot' the tic ing n recess extending ongitudina body 1.With'the block thus positioned, its rail engagln end will act as a braceto prevent the rai from shifting laterally toward one end of the-tie andwill coperate with the over-hangin wall 6 to'rrevent tilting of therail.1 Fart lermore as t e upper ed tonlgue 11 1s engaged by wear plate8 an lthe rai 5 bears on this wear plate it will be seen that removal ofthe locking block 10 is prevented unless rail 5 is tilted u wardly andinwardly 'so as to allow the p ate. 8 to be swung upwardly and thuspermit ton e 1 1 to be withdrawn from recess 7. As a l lateral pressureupon the rail, while in use, is outwardly, it will be seen that thereisno danger of the rail at an time tilting inwardly and elevating bloc10 while the rail is in use.

'having a rail receivinchannel extending throughout the width t eofprovided wit an overhanging rail en ging wall there beily within the toof the tie and intersecting the bottom o the channel, of a lockin blockadapted to bear upon the tie and to ridge a portion of the recess, saidblock having onel end adapted to engage the outer side of a rail seatedin the channel, and an angular tongue extending downwardly from theblock and msertible into the recess and under the seated rail, said railconstituting means, while inactive position in the channel, for

f peventing withdrawal of the tongue from o e recess.

2. The combination with a concrete tie having a rail receivin channelextending throughout the width t ereof provided wit i an overhangingrail engaging wall, there beinga recessextending longitudinally withinthe to of the tie and intersecting) the bottom o the channel, of alocking lock adapted to bear upon the tie and to bridge a portion of therecess, said block having one end adapted to`engage the outer side of nrail seated in the channel an angular tongue extending downwardly i?insertible into th'e recess and under the seated rail, said railconstituting means While inactive positipn in the channel, forpreventing withdrawal of the tongue from the recess, and a wear` plateseated in the channel between the rail and the tongue of the lookinblock and having its ends engaging the si es of the tie.

V CHARLES G. VANDEWATER. Witnesses:

` Damm. Luminous,

H. D. Sromm.

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